Good Cause: A set of facts or circumstances about your situation (work or life) that puts you at higher risk of being attacked by a specific type of threat other than the general public. (Not a random crime like being mugged.)

1. Criteria that may establish good cause include the following: Specific evidence that there has been or is likely to be an attempt on the part of a second party to do great bodily harm to the applicant. subject to high personal risk and / or criminal attack, far greater risk than the general population.

Character references: should be US citizens and must be Nassau County residents who have known the applicant for a minimum of 1 year. The following categories of people are unacceptable as character references: 1. Relatives, by either blood or marriage, 2. Active law enforcement officers, 3.

California has put itself as one of the hardest states to acquire a CCW permit. Unlike New York, California CCWs are to be renewed yearly and must have good causation as to why a person needs their CCW renewed.

This means that either the individual, their spouse, or their dependent child is in danger, and that a CCW permit would mitigate that danger in some way. Good cause must be substantiated with documented evidence to be submitted along with the rest of the CCW permit application.

“I am afraid that I will be killed or injured as a result of these activities. For these reasons, I am requesting that I be granted a concealed weapons permit.” “For these reasons, I feel that my life is in jeopardy and require the concealed weapons permit to comply with the law and protect my life.”